The right hand photo above shows Ian Poulter putting for birdie at the par 4 14th during the 'Session 2' foursomes match in partnership with Luke Donald at the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor. The putt unluckily lipped out and Jeff Overton then rolled home his own birdie attempt to put he and Bubba Watson into a 1 hole lead. That lead proved to be shortlived though; birdies at 15 & 17 and a par at 16 enough to win three straight holes for the two Englishmen and clinch a hard fought 2&1 victory. The bottom centre picture shows Ian hitting a fairway wood at the par 5 11th during the foursomes whilst the left hand image shows him hitting his tee shot to the par 3 17th of the 'Session 3' four-balls. He teamed up with Martin Kaymer in those 'Session 3' four-balls and the 17th hole was where the pair clinched victory; Kaymer's par 3 ensuring a 2 up success. The final day singles saw Poulter produce some truly sensational golf to clinch a 5&4 victory over Matt Kuchar; the match ending at the 14th by which time the Englishman was 6 under par. Another terrific Ryder Cup for Ian then - who was the start of the show for the European team two years previously in Valhalla - with 3 points garnered from his four matches. That left him alongside Luke Donald as the higest scoring European player and played no small part in winning the cup back. It also boosted his overall Ryder Cup record to a highly impressive 8 wins - with just 3 defeats - from 11 matches.
Four-Balls (Session 1)
Westwood/Kaymer beat Mickelson/D.Johnson (3&2)
McIlroy/McDowell halved Cink/Kuchar
Poulter/Fisher lost to Stricker/Woods (2 up)
Donald/Harrington lost to Watson/Overton (3&2)
Foursomes (Session 2)
Jimenez/Hanson lost to Woods/Stricker (4&3)
Molinari/Molinari lost to Z.Johnson/Mahan (2 up)
Westwood/Kaymer halved Furyk/Fowler
Harrington/Fisher beat Mickelson/D.Johnson (3&2)
Poulter/Donald beat Watson/Overton (2&1)
McDowell/McIlroy lost to Cink/Kuchar (1 up)
Foursomes (Session 3)
Donald/Westwood beat Stricker/Woods (6&5)
McDowell/McIlroy beat Z.Johnson/Mahan (3&1)
Four-Balls (Session 3)
Harrington/Fisher beat Furyk/D.Johnson (2&1)
Hanson/Jimenez beat Watson/Overton (2 up)
Molinari/Molinari halved Cink/Kuchar
Poulter/Kaymer beat Mickelson/Fowler (2&1)
Singles (Session 4)
Lee Westwood lost to Steve Stricker (2&1)
Rory McIlroy halved Stewart Cink
Luke Donald beat Jim Furyk (1 up)
Martin Kaymer lost to Dustin Johnson (6&4)
Ian Poulter beat Matt Kuchar (5&4)
Ross Fisher lost to Jeff Overton (3&2)
Miguel-A. Jimenez beat Bubba Watson (4&3)
Francesco Molinari lost to Tiger Woods (4&3)
Eduardo Molinari halved Rickie Fowler
Peter Hanson lost to Phil Mickelson (4&2)
Padraig Harrington lost to Zach Johnson (3&2)
Graeme McDowell beat Hunter Mahan (3&1)
EUROPE 14.5 beat USA 13.5